COLLINS v. MNUCHIN

No. 17-20364.

938 F.3d 553 (2019)

Patrick J. COLLINS; Marcus J. Liotta; William M. Hitchcock, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Steven T. MNUCHIN, Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury; Department of the Treasury; Federal Housing Finance Agency; Mark A. Calabria, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed September 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Justin Cooper , Brian W. Barnes, Esq. , Peter A. Patterson , David H. Thompson , Cooper & Kirk, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Chad Flores, Esq. , Beck Redden, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Abby Christine Wright , Hashim M. Mooppan, Esq. , Gerard J. Sinzdak , Mark Bernard Stern, Esq. , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury.

Howard N. Cayne , Ian S. Hoffman , Robert J. Katerberg , Dirk Phillips, Esq. , Asim Varma, Esq. , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Federal Housing Finance Agency, Mark A. Calabria, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Katharine M. Mapes , Jeffrey Michael Bayne, Esq. , Spiegel & McDiarmid, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Harold H. Bruff, Gillian E. Metzger, Peter M. Shane, Peter L. Strauss, Paul R. Verkuil.

Scott Lawrence Nelson , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Public Citizen, Incorporated.

Elizabeth Bonnie Wydra , Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Sherrod Brown, Senator of Ohio, Catherine Cortez Masto, Senator of Nevada, Chris Van Hollen, Senator of Maryland, Elizabeth Warren, Senator of Massachusetts, Maxine Waters, Representative of California, William Lacy Clay, Representative of Missouri, Emanuel Cleaver, Representative of Missouri, Al Green, Representative of Texas, Carolyn B. Maloney, Representative of New York, Gregory W. Meeks, Representative of New York, Nancy Pelosi, Representative of California, Brad Sherman, Representative of California, Juan Vargas, Representative of California, Nydia M. Velazquez, Representative of New York.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, JONES, SMITH, DENNIS, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON, COSTA, WILLETT, HO, DUNCAN, ENGELHARDT, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.


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